RTX A5000-12Q vs ATI Mobility FireGL T2e
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Rage 9 (2003−2006) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | M11 | GA102 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 1 August 2004 (21 years ago) | 12 April 2021 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 6 | 8192 |
| Core clock speed | 450 MHz | 1170 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 450 MHz | 1695 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 76 million | 28,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 230 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1.800 | 433.9 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 27.77 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 96 |
| TMUs | 4 | 256 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 256 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 64 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 8 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 6 MB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | AGP 4x | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 8-pin |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | DDR | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 225 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 7.2 GB/s | 768.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 4x DisplayPort 1.4a |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 2.0 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 August 2004 | 12 April 2021 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 128 MB | 12 GB |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 8 nm |
RTX A5000-12Q has an age advantage of 16 years, a 9500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1525% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Mobility FireGL T2e and RTX A5000-12Q. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Mobility FireGL T2e is a mobile workstation graphics card while RTX A5000-12Q is a workstation one.
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